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Marin Housing Authority Announces a Public Hearing and Invites Public Comments Relating to its Draft Agency Plan (Annual Plan).The comment period runs from September 1, 2017, through October 16, 2017. If you want to submit written comments to be considered by the Housing Authority Board, please submit them online at MHA’s website, e-mail them to KBarnard@marinhousing.org or send by mail postmarked no later than October 1, 2017 to: Marin Housing Authority, Attention: Kimberly Barnard, 4020 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903-4173.

The proposed Agency Plan is available for review and inspection by the public at www.marinhousing.org and, during normal business hours, at the Housing Authority’s two offices: 4020 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, and 429 Drake Ave., Marin City.

A public forum for comment will be held at 429 Drake Ave., Marin City, CA, on September 25, 2017, from 4:00p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Another public forum will be held at 4020 Civic Center Dr., San Ra­fael, on September 28, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Public Hearing will be held on October 17, 2017, at a meeting of the Marin Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, Marin County Civic Center, 3501 Civic Center Dr., Room 330, San Rafael, CA, scheduled to begin at 8:30 am.

Our goal is to assist low and moderate-income residents of Marin County to secure and maintain high quality affordable housing.

The Housing Authority of the County of Marin, "Marin Housing" is a public corporation authorized to provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people. We are empowered to undertake all activities necessary to accomplish this public purpose, including acquiring property, developing housing, issuing tax-exempt bonds, entering into mortgages, trust indentures, leases, condemning property, borrowing money, accepting grants, and managing property.​Marin Housing is separate and distinct from HUD, from county government, and from other county and state agencies - much like a special district. The Housing Authority Commission currently consists of seven members - the five members of the Board of Supervisors, and two public housing tenants. Marin Housing operates programs in the incorporated areas of Marin under Cooperation agreements with the local towns and cities.

Having a place to live is a basic need for everyone. Yet, for some people it remains out of reach. Public housing serves approximately 2.2 million people across the U.S., but the need is much greater; more than half a million people are on waiting lists. ​

According to the ReThink Survey: Perceptions of Public Housing 2013, the overwhelming majority of Americans believe U.S. citizens deserve a safe and decent place to live. Yet most Americans surveyed do not support public housing in their own neighborhoods and would not want to live near a public housing unit.